PRC, the Engine of the Global South

As the People’s Republic of China marks its 77th National Day on 1 October 2026 and enters Golden Week, the occasion is more than fireworks, homecoming journeys and family reunions. It is a moment to take stock of a national story that, in a single generation lifetime, carried a wounded and impoverished country from humiliation and scarcity to industrial strength, technological ambition, and a distinctive claim to lead development among the nations of the Global South.